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Neuro Terms
Question | Answer |
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apraxia | Difficulty planning and coordinating the movements necessary to execute a task |
aphasia | disorder caused by damage to the parts of the brain that control language |
dysarthria | difficulty saying words because of problems with the muscles that help you talk |
dysphagia | Difficulty with swallowing |
agraphia | loss in the ability to communicate through writing |
dysprosody | refers to the loss of normal rhythm or melody of speech |
preservation | involuntary repetition of motor response or the continuation of a sensation after the adequate external stimulus has ceased. |
akinetic mutism | tending to neither move or speak |
astereoagnosia | a loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them |
agraphesthisia | disorientation of the skin's sensation across its space (can't recog a written number/letter traced on one's palm) |
anosagnosia | disability where one is unaware of his or her disability |
acalculia | inability or loss of ability to perform arithmetic operations |
prosopagnosia | face blindness; inability to recognize face |
alexia | neuro inability to understand written words |
prosody | musical quality of language |